A well-functioning financial system is key for emerging markets to unlock their growth potential. The financial system of many emerging markets remains in its infancy, however. This conference will address the challenges faced by financial intermediaries in emerging markets.
Workshops
Conference on “Financial Intermediation in Emerging Markets”
Workshop date:
Thursday, December 8, 2016 to Saturday, December 10, 2016
Workshop location: Cape Town
Workshop information: 
banking_in_emerging_markets_-_call_for_papers_and_invitation.pdf
banking_in_emerging_markets_-_call_for_papers_and_invitation.pdf Politics, Finance and Growth
The University of Pretoria, in conjunction with the South African Reserve Bank, DFiD (UK Aid), the Economic & Social Research Council and Economic Research Southern Africa, are hosting an Economics and Research Policy Workshop on “Politics, Finance and Growth”. Presentations are expected from Svetlana Andrianova, Panicos Demetriades, David Fielding, Robert Lensink and Peter Rousseau, amongst others. The foci will include lending in Africa, financial fragility, financial underdevelopment, financial inclusivity and economic growth, as well as a new international database on financial fragility; see Andrianova et al. (2015), Economic Research Southern Africa Working Paper No. 534.
Workshop date:
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 to Thursday, March 31, 2016
Workshop location: Pretoria
Workshop information: call.pdf
call.pdf Lecture Series in Economic Theory: "Asymmetric Information in Markets and Organizations"
In part 1 of this lecture, we are going to introduce the basic set-up of credence goods markets and discuss how markets should be designed to provide the right incentives for experts and their customers. The theoretical analysis will be complemented by the discussion of evidence of expert behaviour and market outcomes from empirical as well experimental studies.
In part 2 of the lecture, the emphasis will be on information disclosure by interested parties and evidence provision by intermediaries. On markets, intermediaries such as certifiers or rating agencies mediate information between producers and consumers. Inside firms and in regulatory relationships, monitors and informed regulators play a key role in providing incentives. We will analyse strategic interaction in these three-tier structures and discuss applications.
Workshop date:
Monday, March 14, 2016 to Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Workshop location: Hatfield Campus (University of Pretoria), Tukkiewerf 1-37
Workshop information: theory_invitation.pdf
theory_invitation.pdf The Third ERSA Political Economy Workshop
Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) and the Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG) at the University of the Witwatersrand invite SA-based researchers with a focus on political economy, including public choice, to participate in the upcoming February 2016 workshop. Contributions, even in progress, on all political economy topics will be considered though preference will be given to: corruption, dictatorship, fiscal federalism, intergovernmental grants, political entrepreneurship, and regulation. Non-presenting participants might be required to act as discussants.
Workshop date:
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 to Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Workshop location: Sunnyside Park Hotel, Johannesburg
Workshop information: invitation.pdf
invitation.pdf What church records can tell us about economic development
Because colonial sources often lack adequate information about the lived experience of Africans, quantitative economic historians that are interested in the African experience are forced to find creative ways to identify the effects of colonial policies. Church records at the individual level provide one such recourse.
Workshop date:
Friday, January 22, 2016 to Saturday, January 23, 2016
Workshop location: Cape Town
Workshop information: ersa_16.pdf
ersa_16.pdf
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